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* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Japanese marketing heavily focuses on Spirit when he is a baby.
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** This is partly TruthInTelevision, as some horses turn their hind ends toward other horses or humans to show disrespect. However, this act can be done for other reasons, such as [[InconvenientItch wanting their owners to scratch their butts]].

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** This is partly TruthInTelevision, as some horses turn their hind ends toward other horses or humans to show disrespect. However, this act can be done for other reasons, such as [[InconvenientItch [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y-pvL56c9_s&pp=ygUVT3NjYXIgbG92ZXMgYSBzY3JhdGNo wanting their owners to scratch their butts]].

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* {{Mooning}}: Spirit turns around to point his butt angrily at Little Creek after seeing him for the first time while he’s imprisoned. This is partly TruthInTelevision, as some horses turn their hind ends toward other horses or humans to show disrespect, though this act can be done for other reasons.

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* {{Mooning}}: Spirit turns around to point his butt angrily at Little Creek after seeing him for the first time while he’s imprisoned.
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This is partly TruthInTelevision, as some horses turn their hind ends toward other horses or humans to show disrespect, though disrespect. However, this act can be done for other reasons.reasons, such as [[InconvenientItch wanting their owners to scratch their butts]].
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* {{Mooning}}: Spirit turns around to point his butt angrily at Little Creek after seeing him for the first time while he’s imprisoned.

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* {{Mooning}}: Spirit turns around to point his butt angrily at Little Creek after seeing him for the first time while he’s imprisoned. This is partly TruthInTelevision, as some horses turn their hind ends toward other horses or humans to show disrespect, though this act can be done for other reasons.
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* Mooning: Spirit turns around to point his butt angrily at Little Creek after seeing him for the first time while he’s imprisoned.

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* Mooning: {{Mooning}}: Spirit turns around to point his butt angrily at Little Creek after seeing him for the first time while he’s imprisoned.
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* Mooning: Spirit turns around to point his butt angrily at Little Creek after seeing him for the first time while he’s imprisoned.

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* TranslationConvention: All of the human dialogue in the film is given in English -- fair enough for the soldiers, but Little Creek and his friends are presumably speaking Lakota among themselves in their village.



* TrueCompanions: Implied of the herd.



* TrueCompanions: Implied of the herd.
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SuperNotDrowningSkills: After going over the waterfall, Spirit stays underwater for about five to ten seconds, then resurfaces none the worse for wear. Horses don't hold their breath for very long, especially underwater, as stated above. While this wouldn't be a long time for a human, it would be for a horse.

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* SuperNotDrowningSkills: After going over the waterfall, Spirit stays underwater for about five to ten seconds, then resurfaces none the worse for wear. Horses don't hold their breath for very long, especially underwater, as stated above. While this wouldn't be a long time for a human, it would be for a horse.
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* HeldGaze: Spirit and Rain have a deep gaze into each other's eyes under a tree. Spirit also does this with Little Creek about three times.

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* HeldGaze: Spirit and Rain have a deep gaze into each other's eyes under a tree.several times throughout the movie. Spirit also does this with Little Creek about three times.
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* HighDiveEscape: Spirit and Little Creek dive off a cliff into a river to escape the forest fire caused by the train explosion. Spirit is dazed by the impact, so Little Creek has to grab him and pull him up to the surface.

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* HighDiveEscape: Spirit and Little Creek dive off a cliff into a river to escape the forest fire caused by the train explosion. Spirit is dazed by the impact, so Little Creek has to grab him and pull guide him up to the surface.
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* FooledByTheSound: Little Creek has been captured by the cavalry, and is tied to a post inside the fort. He hears two hawk cries, and knows that these are a query from his tribesman as to whether he's okay, and where in the fort he's located. Little Creek answers with another bird call that results in a sharp knife flung over the fort wall and piercing the ground near his thigh. None of the soldiers notice the bird calls are unusual for their species, nor that their prisoner suddenly has a tool/weapon handy.

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* FooledByTheSound: Little Creek has been captured by the cavalry, and is tied to a post inside the fort. He hears two hawk cries, wolf howls, and knows that these are a query from his tribesman as to whether he's okay, and where in the fort he's located. Little Creek answers with another bird call the hooting of an owl that results in a sharp knife flung over the fort wall and piercing the ground near his thigh. None of the soldiers notice the bird calls are unusual for their species, calls, nor that their prisoner suddenly has a tool/weapon handy.
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Lay right down and decide not to go on...''

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Lay right down and down, decide not to go on...''

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** Then again, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_horse diving horses]] have certainly, and some horses have been observed dunking their muzzles in water to eat aquatic plants or to [[https://forums.horseandhound.co.uk/threads/does-your-horse-dunk-most-of-his-her-head-in-water-trough.8709/play by splashing]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNaV4PskyPQ blowing bubbles]]. So Spirit diving to save Rain may not be impossible, but rather just improbable.

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** Then again, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_horse diving horses]] have certainly, certainly existed, and some horses have been observed dunking their muzzles in water to eat aquatic plants or to [[https://forums.horseandhound.co.uk/threads/does-your-horse-dunk-most-of-his-her-head-in-water-trough.8709/play 8709/ play by splashing]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNaV4PskyPQ blowing bubbles]]. So Spirit diving to save Rain may not be impossible, but rather just improbable.improbable.
SuperNotDrowningSkills: After going over the waterfall, Spirit stays underwater for about five to ten seconds, then resurfaces none the worse for wear. Horses don't hold their breath for very long, especially underwater, as stated above. While this wouldn't be a long time for a human, it would be for a horse.
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*** There is a possible justification for this instance. After the first chain had been kicked off, the second chain was bearing all the weight of the train engine, which was already starting to slide back down the hill. It may not have been that Spirit's front legs hit harder than his back legs; it may have been that the second chain was under much more stress and tension, and thus required fewer kicks to force off.


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* SuperSwimmingSkills: Played with in the scene where Spirit jumps into the river to save Rain. Horses are widely recognized as good swimmers, due to their muscular legs and large lungs which enable buoyancy. The more questionable aspect occurs when Rain slips under the surface and Spirit dives after her to pull her back up. Horses can hold their breath (which they do while jumping or to [[HorsingAround tense up to keep from being saddled]]), but they don't do so for very long, and they don't typically swim underwater; a submerged horse would panic and likely drown rather than continue holding its breath.
** Then again, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_horse diving horses]] have certainly, and some horses have been observed dunking their muzzles in water to eat aquatic plants or to [[https://forums.horseandhound.co.uk/threads/does-your-horse-dunk-most-of-his-her-head-in-water-trough.8709/play by splashing]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNaV4PskyPQ blowing bubbles]]. So Spirit diving to save Rain may not be impossible, but rather just improbable.
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* NearlyNormalAnimals: The horses in this movie may be the most straightforward example of this trope, at least regarding equine characters. Not only do they not speak to humans, but they don't even speak to each other, instead communicating through equine vocalizations and body language; that being said, they appear to be more intuitive of human actions and customs that a real animal would be. Additionally, they are drawn and animated in a way that is very accurate to the anatomy and physiology of real horses, save for their eyebrows and somewhat CartoonyEyes which the animators added to make their emotions more expressive and recognizable to audiences.

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* NearlyNormalAnimals: NearlyNormalAnimal: The horses in this movie may be the most straightforward example of this trope, at least regarding equine characters. Not only do they not speak to humans, but they don't even speak to each other, instead communicating through equine vocalizations and body language; that being said, they appear to be more intuitive of human actions and customs that a real animal would be. Additionally, they are drawn and animated in a way that is very accurate to the anatomy and physiology of real horses, save for their eyebrows and somewhat CartoonyEyes which the animators added to make their emotions more expressive and recognizable to audiences.
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* AnimalsLackAttributes: Averted. The male horses do have genitalia, it's just drawn very subtly.


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* NearlyNormalAnimals: The horses in this movie may be the most straightforward example of this trope, at least regarding equine characters. Not only do they not speak to humans, but they don't even speak to each other, instead communicating through equine vocalizations and body language; that being said, they appear to be more intuitive of human actions and customs that a real animal would be. Additionally, they are drawn and animated in a way that is very accurate to the anatomy and physiology of real horses, save for their eyebrows and somewhat CartoonyEyes which the animators added to make their emotions more expressive and recognizable to audiences.
** The eagle is also mostly drawn and animated realistically.
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* FooledByTheSound: Little Creek has been captured by the cavalry, and is tied to a post inside the fort. He hears two hawk cries, and knows that these are a query from his tribesman as to whether he's okay, and where in the fort he's located. Little Creek answers with another bird call that results in a sharp knife flung over the fort wall and piercing the ground near his thigh. None of the soldiers notice the bird calls are unusual for their species, nor that their prisoner suddenly has a tool/weapon handy.
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* AnimalsLackAttributes: ZigZaggedTrope. The titular horse, as well as the Colonel's horse and the cowboys' mounts, sport a visible sheath in many shots. However, Spirit in particular lacks the necessary features to qualify as a stallion, despite the fact he is always referred to as one. And this isn't due to discretion shots either. Whilst the domestic male horses could realistically be geldings, Spirit doesn't have this possibility, making it particularly jarring for anyone familiar with equine anatomy. What's more, as a foal, he seems to even lack a sheath, and again, this is not due to the camera angle being discreet. Additionally, none of the horses have anuses despite having clearly drawn butt cracks.

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* AnimalsLackAttributes: ZigZaggedTrope. The titular horse, as well as the Colonel's horse and the cowboys' mounts, sport a visible sheath in many shots. However, Spirit in particular lacks the necessary features to qualify as a stallion, despite the fact he is always referred to as one. And this isn't due to discretion shots either. Whilst the domestic male horses could realistically be geldings, Spirit doesn't have this possibility, making it particularly jarring for anyone familiar with equine anatomy. What's more, as a foal, he seems to even lack a sheath, and again, this is not due to the camera angle being discreet. Additionally, none of the horses have anuses despite having clearly drawn butt cracks.

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